Bale downed snake, maggots for film

The 33-year-old actor, who stars as Dieter Dengler in Rescue Dawn, agreed to the movie after being challenged to eat several live animals by the film's director Werner Herzog.

In one scene, Christian - who lost weight for the role - also had to eat live maggots, after the director insisted he wanted the scene to look real.

Herzog said: "There are too many computer effects in movies these days. I wanted audiences to start believing their own eyes again."

That's...that's dedication.